During Sexual Assault Awareness Month survivors and advocates engage the greater community in prevention efforts. We know that one month isn’t enough to solve the serious and widespread issue of sexual violence. But the attention April generates is an opportunity to energize and expand prevention efforts.

“Our history doesn’t repeat itself, it only modernizes,” was something one of my history professors said in college. Whether it’s true or not, we have seen change, both good and bad throughout our history as a nation. Sometimes, it feels like we haven’t learned one bit from past events. With all of this in mind, I wanted to share some resources within the NSVRC Library regarding cultural change.

Let the summer of research roll on! Next up in our xCHANGE forum summer series of online discussions, we’re talking with guest moderators Christian Rummell, Senior Researcher with American Institutes for Research; and both Meredith Dank, Senior Research Associate and Lilly Yu, Research Assistant with Urban Institute on supporting LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness and sexual violence.

I’ve been sitting here staring at a blank page for several minutes now, feeling somewhat perplexed in light of this past weekend’s events in Orlando and the trauma that is brewing around me. I’m thinking about communities of people targeted, abused, and hurt. All of us belong to a community of some sort; we are all different and all unique.

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